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17 Mar 2008 15:27

Billing Services Group Limited17 March 2008 TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to whichvoting rights are attached (ii): Billing Services Group Limited 2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No) An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: (Yes) An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (No) An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (No) Other (please specify): (No) 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii): Gartmore Investment Limited 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv): Beneficial Owner UK Registered Owner Percentage of Issued CapitalGartmore Fund Managers Limited A/C Gartmore Cautious HSBC Global Custody Nominee UK Ltd 1.758%Managed FundSwiss Federal Social Security Fund HSBC Global Investor Services 1.344%The Gartmore UK Small Cap Best Ideas Fund Limited Goldman Sachs Nominees Ltd 1.028%Gartmore Smaller Companies Trust PLC BNY GIL CLT A/C NOMS LTD A/C LLST 1.352%Gartmore Growth Opportunities PLC BNY GIL CLT A/C NOMS LTD A/C NWSC 0.846%Gartmore SICAV PAN Euro Smaller Companies Fund Bank of Bermuda Luxembourg 0.328%The Alphagen Volantis Fund Limited Vidacos Nominees Ltd A/C 2303 4.733%Strathclyde Pension Fund Nortrust Nominees Limited 2.566% 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached if different) (v): 3 March 2008 6. Date on which issuer notified: 4 March 2008 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Below 15 per cent. 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares if possible Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)using the ISIN CODE Number of shares Number of voting Rights (viii)BMG110261044 40,635,227 41,635,227 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)Class/type of shares if Number of shares Number of voting rights (ix) % of voting rightspossible using the ISIN CODE Direct (x) Indirect (xi) Direct IndirectBMG110261044 40,985,227 40,985,227 14.823% B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)Type of Expiration Date (xiii) Exercise/Conversion Period/ Number of voting rights that % of voting rightsfinancial Date (xiv) may be acquired if theinstrument instrument is exercised/ converted.N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 40,985,227 14.823% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv): n/a Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: n/a 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: n/a 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: n/a 13. Additional information: All shares are held indirectly All figures are based on the Company's issued share capital of 276,496,768 asprovided by Exshare E mail contact RDU@Gartmore.com 14. Contact name: RDU 15. Contact number: 0207 782 2000 Annex to Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (xvi) A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notificationobligation Full name (including legal form for legal entities): n/a Contact address (registered office for legal entities): n/a Phone number n/a Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons): n/a B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii) Full name: Gartmore Investment Limited Contact address: Gartmore House, 8 Fenchurch Place, London EC3M 4PB Phone number & email: 020 7782 2324 RDU@Gartmore.com Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legalentity subject to the notification obligation): Asset manager C: Additional information N/A This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange